Simone Giannelli

Simone Giannelli
Giannelli in 2022
Personal information
Born (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996
Bolzano, Italy
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Spike352 cm (139 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubSir Safety Perugia
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2012–2021
  • 2021–
National team
2015– Italy
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
FIVB World Championship
2022 Poland/Slovenia
2025 Philippines
FIVB Nations League
2025 Ningbo
World Cup
2015 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
2017 Japan
European Championship
2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland
2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel
2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Last updated: 17 September 2017

Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player and captain of both the Italy men's national volleyball team and the Italian club Sir Safety Perugia. He is silver medalist of the 2016 Summer Olympics, back-to-back gold medalist of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship in 2022 and 2025, gold medalist of the 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup and of the 2025 FIVB Men’s Volleyball Nations league.